Howden News
Loss-Impacted U.S. Programs Among Those Seeing Biggest 1/1 Prop. Cat Re Price Hikes
While the reinsurance market indeed stabilized during the January 2024 reinsurance renewals (from the chaotic January renewals of last year), buyers with loss-affected programs experienced further ...
The Latest Launches from NEXT, Howden, McKenzie Intelligence Services
NEXT Insurance, a digital small business insurer, announced it is expanding its insurance offerings for small businesses with the launch of commercial umbrella/excess liability in 41 states and the ...
Global Cyber Premiums Could Exceed $50B by 2030
The cyber insurance market potential is huge, with premiums likely to exceed $50 billion by 2030, according to a new report by global insurance broker Howden. With the potential to rival major ...
January Renewals See Hardest Property-Catastrophe Reinsurance Rates in Generation
A convergence of global events has led to the hardest property-catastrophe reinsurance market in a generation and a "complex," "grueling" and "late" January renewal ...
Tension High as Re Buyers Face Another Year of Price Hikes
Frustration is setting in for commercial insurance buyers subjected to multiple years of price rises, especially those that have improved their risk profiles by de-risking and elevating risk ...
Introducing the World’s First ‘Fully Sustainable’ Insurer, Parhelion
Howden, the London-based insurance broker, announced it is launching a UK insurer called Parhelion, which it describes as "the world's first fully sustainable insurer." Aiming to raise $500 million ...
Jan 1. Renewals Produced Super-Sharp Commercial Insurance Rate Hikes
Lower investment yields, adverse catastrophe loss development, higher loss cost trends, concerns over climate change, and, of course, the pandemic coalesced to bring some of the sharpest price ...